Figure 5. Forecasts of sea surface temperature (SST) anomalies for the Niño 3.4 region (5°N-5°S, 120°W-170°W). Figure courtesy of the International Research Institute (IRI) for Climate and Society. Figure updated 16 March 2009.
Figure 6. Global precipitation anomalies (mm) for the period 1 December 2008 - 28 February 2009. Anomalies are computed with respect to the 1979-1995 base period pentad means (Xie et al. 2003, J. Climate, 16, 2197-2214).
Figure 7. United States-Mexico precipitation anomalies (mm) for the period 1 December 2008 - 28 February 2009. Anomalies are computed with respect to the 1971-2000 base period daily means (Higgins et al., 2000, NCEP/Climate Prediction Center ATLAS No.7).
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